The Debt Limit Explained - YouTube

The Debt Limit Explained - YouTube: ""

Boehner: Let’s Destroy Math Instead of Economy -- Daily Intelligencer

Boehner: Let’s Destroy Math Instead of Economy -- Daily Intelligencer:

 "Paul Ryan's budget, even while employing all sorts of fanciful projections, didn't balance the budget until 2040.Why? Because the parameters Republicans have picked for the budget make balancing the budget utterly impossible. Moving that timetable up by seventeen years changes the plausibility level from Level: Unicorn to Level: Unicorn Being Ridden By Santa Claus Who Has Lost 50 Pounds Through One Weird Trick. (That's why Santa's riding a unicorn now — otherwise, he'd be far too corpulent.)"

Ben Stein Shouted Down on Fox for Saying High Taxes on Rich Are Okay - YouTube

Ben Stein Shouted Down on Fox for Saying High Taxes on Rich Are Okay - YouTube: ""

Verizon to Buy Stakes from Vodafone - Analyst Blog

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Verizon to Buy Stakes from Vodafone - Analyst Blog:

 The highlight is on Verizon's ability to carry a transaction that could be worth over a $100 billion, according to market estimates. Given the current balance sheet position of Verizon, it seems nearly impossible to gulp the whole of the deal in one go. Perhaps, buying out a certain percentage of Vodafone's share in parts may work for Verizon.

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For Americans behind bars, prison payphone calls don't come cheap

Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website and some publications since the early 2000s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

After 10 Years of Delay, the FCC Begins to Address Unjust Phone Rates for Prisoners

By Rebecca J. Rosen

January 2, 2013
The Atlantic

For Americans behind bars, prison payphone calls don't come
cheap: Families -- who accept the calls collect -- can pay
rates up to 24 times as much as a normal call, sometimes as
much as $20 for just 15 minutes, though the charges vary
wildly state to state.

In 2003, Martha Wright-Reed filed a petition with the FCC
requesting that multiple long-distance carriers be allowed
to serve a given prison in the hope that greater competition
would bring down rates. On Christmas Eve a hopeful sign was
produced: a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking," the official
declaration of a the opening of a period for comment before
handing down a decision which will likely lower the rates -
at last. The  $1.2 billion market is dominated by only two
companies, both owned by private-equity firms.

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Keeping His Word: Restoring Fairness To Our Tax System - YouTube

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In the Coal Fields, A Novel Way to Get Rid Of Pensions Is Born - Working In These Times

In the Coal Fields, A Novel Way to Get Rid Of Pensions Is Born - Working In These Times:

 "Roberts continues, “I have never seen a situation like this, where every single liability that a company had ever committed to in any kind of negotiations with the union in the past 60 years now somehow gets handed to [a spin-off] company.""




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